Trying to get caught up here...
What are your thoughts on these hygiene products? If you lived in the 1600s, would you feel comfortable using them? What was the most interesting part of Chapter 1 for you?
Earthworms?!?! Oil of a red-haired dog? OMG, I have to use gloves when handling raw meat
This girl is on sensory overload with the items being used! I could not even begin to imagine brushing my teeth with powdered rabbits head, or drying my teeth with a silk cloth. As far as the other toiletries, like another poster said, I avoid wearing makeup now, so Im guessing I would look like one of the women prisoners, lol.
The most interesting part of Chapter 1 would be how much the Governor actually did as far as his toilet was concerned
how many men do you know today that go through all of this work for their appearance? Quite ironic, I think, given this conversation:
We had an interesting conversation in my ethics class about this subject. That, in earlier days which we considered opressive to females, the days before technology and modern household appliances which allowed a "lady" to do her own chores, women were typically more active outside the home and usually more "liberated".
The invention of modern household technology promoted a "do it yourself" attitude that kept more women at home and bound to the kitchen, if you know what I mean; resulting in a less liberated woman. Interesting viewpoint....
Are no relationships sacred during this time period or is this something that is limited to Port Royal?
In most of the historical fiction I have read, having extra marital affairs is quite common, particularly among the Royalty and their Court. Marriages seem to have been made for position and power, not for love; sex (can I say that here?
) is strictly for pleasure, and, in some cases, a cure for boredom.